Jul-28-2018                   

Husband: James Donzel Gum Census name: Donzel Gum
Born: Sep-11-1920 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2 Died: Dec-15-1950 in Van Wert Co, Ohio 3,4,1 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 5,6 Census: 1940 at Jockey Camp, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1) Resided: 1939 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1930 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1940 laborer for State Roads 7 Military: Mar- 8-1945 - May-17-1946 Pfc, 56th Air Engr Sqdn, 31st Air Svc Gp, 20th AF, WW II 5 Father: Jay Bryan Gum (1897 - 1974) Mother: Carrie Lee Lynch (1896 - 1979)
Wife: Bernice L. Cumpston 8,9,10,4 Married: Apr- 1-1939 in Industrial, Doddridge Co, WV 2
Born: Feb- 6-1920 at Porto Rico (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 11 Died: Mar-29-2007 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 12 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 11 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13,14,15,11 Resided: 1965 in Alexandria, VA 15 Census: 1940 at Jockey Camp, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Resided: 1939 in Doddridge Co, WV 2 Occupation: secretary, Spencer Enterprise (20 yrs) 11 Education: West Union High School (1939) 11 Father: John Alexander Cumpston (1895 - 1979) Mother: Minnie G. Yoke (1899 - 1977)
F Child 1: Living Husband: James Herbert "Bud" Carpenter b. Oct-10-1935 d. Mar-11-2012 Husband: Ramon Gonzales Lozano b. Mar- 7-1942 d. Jul-24-2009
F Child 2: Living Husband: Living
Sources: (1) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (3) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (4) Obituary of wife. (5) U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration. (6) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (7) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (8) Obituary of wife's mother. (9) Obituary of wife's father. (10) Obituary of wife's sister. (11) Obituary. (12) Obituary - United Hospital Center. (13) Obituary of mother. (14) Obituary of father. (15) Obituary of sister. Event Notes Note (1) Along with his wife and daughter, in household of his in-laws.




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